Well, looks like my luck ran out. My friend was driving my IS300 after a pretty rough storm (DD, I was drinking), he hit a sandbar on the road, overcorrected, slid, hit the other shoulder and we flipped end over end a few times, finally landing on the roof. We walked away from this accident, if you can believe that (I still can't). <P>That's me in the photos, just happy to be alive. If anything I'm a poster child for a well designed and safe vehicle. My thanks go to every one of the Lexus engineers.
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You are one lucky Man, I think you should thank God and then all those Lexus engineers.... I still can't believe that you guys managed to walk away.... Well, have a safe and prosperous life.
Yes, seat belts, otherwise I would have followed my CD collection through the front windshield.
Sorry that the photos are so big, I wish the BB software had a preview feature.
I've been trying to find an email address from someone at Lexus, I'd like to forward them to the 'safety team' or whatever, so I can thank them personally. Does anyone know anyone who works at lexus?
Glad you and your friend are alive to enjoy another day. Incredible pictures, my question to you, will you be buying another IS?, and will insurance help you out?
For sure I will be getting another IS, insurance is covering the entire lease, except for the sales tax, so I'm out $2500, plus I'll have to drop another downpayment, but I have some time to wait for the unveiling of the 2002. Until then my Ducati 900SS is the primary mode of transportation.
In hindsight, I should have opted for the "cover your ass" insurance part of the lease that I didn't think I'd need. I forgot what it's called, but it makes up the difference for anything your insurance company doesn't cover, in my case, california sales tax.
So if anyone out there is looking at a lexus lease, consider the consequences of "what happens if I total the car when I'm driving out the lot."
wow, that is amazing. glad you made it out without any trama. Did they have to tear the door off to get you guys out? Or were you walking away before the ambulances even showed up?
Glad to see ur OK. It's called gap insurance. I think it's over priced though - you should be able to get something better through your insurance company.
I'm so glad you are okay! It looks like Godzilla picked up your IS and crumpled it up into a little ball. You had someone watching over you my friend. Well take car and I hope you get a replacement soon!
We crawled out the passenger door right after the car stopped, when the ambulances drove up they told me I was sitting on one of the wheels (which had ripped off) mumbling about how lucky I was to be alive. My right arm had been waving in and out of the window, so its pretty sore; that and a few scratches...
Thanks for the kind words. The orange paint is to mark parts that are bad so they can't be resold. Three of the wheels looked good to me, but they painted them (they would have been neat to keep and sell to someone in need). According to the report and memory, we were going about 60, but the road was undulating, and the sandbar was on the blind side of the bump, so when we hit it, the downward force of the car dove the drivers side corner into the opposite shoulder, causing us to flip. The spare tire ended up in the back seat, since you can see in the pic how the trunk was kind of turned inside out.
If anyone needs a replacement owner's manual with leather book thingie let me know, I'll send it to you for the cost of postage, they're a little roughed up though ...
Originally posted by jorge o. castro: The orange paint is to mark parts that are bad so they can't be resold. Three of the wheels looked good to me, but they painted them (they would have been neat to keep and sell to someone in need)
Originally posted by jorge o. castro: Well, looks like my luck ran out. My friend was driving my IS300 after a pretty rough storm (DD, I was drinking), he hit a sandbar on the road, overcorrected, slid, hit the other shoulder and we flipped end over end a few times, finally landing on the roof. We walked away from this accident, if you can believe that (I still can't).
That's me in the photos, just happy to be alive. If anything I'm a poster child for a well designed and safe vehicle. My thanks go to every one of the Lexus engineers.
[ July 17, 2001: Message edited by: jorge o. castro ]
I didn't know the IS was made out of Reynold's Wrap! Good to see you are able to live another day.
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